"This book teaches . . . all the basics of the Chinese language, including practical conversations, vocabulary, and how to write the basic characters--with manga comic strips for . . . learning! It enables [one] to begin communicating effectively from the first day. All Chinese words and sentences are given in Chinese characters and hanyu pinyin romanized form for . . . pronunciation, with English translations"--Provided by publisher.
"This book helps [the reader] to ... learn the intermediate-level Chinese characters [one will] need to know if they want to live or work in China, along with 1200 related vocabulary and phrases"--Back cover.
A Mandarin Chinese language course and pocket dictionary, with an introduction to the basics of the language, daily conversation vocabulary, and notes on script, pronunciation, grammar, etiquette, and more.